English Section

• The budgetary impact of the pension increase: 25 billion lei in 2024 and 33 billion lei in 2025 • Nicolae Ciucă claims that an important part of this impact could be covered from the 45 billion lei that would result from combating VAT evasion  

• The old strategy expired in 2020 • Unmonitored investments for the development of the natural gas network • Out of 1032 requesting localities, only 13 were decided to expand the natural gas distribution network • 57.54% - the average degree of...  

More than 1000 needy households will benefit from the necessary support for heating during this winter according to the "Heated houses for needy families" project launched yesterday with the conclusion of the Partnership to Combat Energy...

The connection between culture and money is tighter than spectators and creators would wish.

Violence among children is a major problem.

The Romanian Olympic Canoeing Team joined the #CineNuCe campaign and attended a public event to show their support for the 2,000 children still living in orphanages, for whom Hope and Homes for Children is fighting to build family homes and...

Addressing climate change requires concrete actions and full involvement from global leaders.

• The NBR maintained the inflation forecast of 7.5% for the last quarter of this year; for the first quarter of 2024 it estimates inflation of 7.7% • "For now we do not see the signs of a recession, but the moderation of growth is...  

Following the Hamas attack, the Israeli army was forced to lay siege to Gaza, resulting in thousands of Palestinian casualties, the vast majority of them civilians, and hundreds of thousands of displaced people.

• The American Congress approved the purchase by MApN of 54 Abrams tanks 

During this year's RIGC (Romanian International Gas Conference), the Minister of Economy, Entrepreneurship and Tourism, Ştefan-Radu Oprea, stated that green energy and carbon capture and storage can provide a competitive advantage to our economy.

Deutsche Börse, the operator of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, plans to launch a regulated cryptocurrency market in 2024, ledgerinsights.com reports.

Water pollution is a major issue.

• (The Untold Story of Mass Privatization) 

Actors and major studios in Hollywood have reached an agreement to end the strike that has paralyzed film and television production in the United States for several months, costing the American economy billions of dollars, announced the...

• Food Export Trade in Moscow obtained one of the largest contracts in the history of the Russian-Chinese trade relationship 

Scholarships are a lifeline for students.

Artificial Intelligence is increasingly used by the industry of services offered to businesses, because the use of this technology brings added value to the activity of companies and increases their competitiveness, said yesterday, the...

The world is in constant change.

• The Bucharest Court of Appeal rejected the request to suspend the decision by which ASF had approved the offer 

The national economy is not ready to function with less cash, Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu said yesterday, at the beginning of the government meeting in which it was established that the maximum limits on daily cash payments/receipts established...

Castra Arutela in Călimăneşti, the most well-known Roman fortification in Vâlcea County, will be added to the UNESCO list, alongside other military constructions along the southern border of Roman Dacia, on the old Olt Road.

November is widely known as the discount season. Bargain hunters around the world are on the prowl for discounted goods during this period.

Meteorologists are noting record after record when it comes to temperatures.

Former journalist Elena Lasconi, current mayor of Câmpulung Muscel municipality, Argeş county, has almost double the percentage of Cătălin Drula, USR president, in the recent survey carried out by Inscop, at the request of News.ro, regarding the...

• "The US public debt is greater than the combined GDP of China, Japan, Germany and India," says a bank strategist 

A nuclear bomb dropped on the Gaza Strip was "one of the possibilities", said Amichai Eliyahu, the Israeli Minister of Heritage, after which he was suspended from the government, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied this, saying...

Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu traveled yesterday to Cairo, Egypt, to bring to the country the first 100 Romanian citizens who managed to leave the Gaza Strip and who previously requested the Bucharest authorities to facilitate their repatriation...

• The shekel recovers ground but remains one of the weakest global currencies in 2023 • Oil prices lose all gains on Israel war fears  

• According to the data of the authorities in Israel and the Gaza Strip, not confirmed by any international organization, the conflict that started a month ago has so far resulted in 1,400 people killed from the ranks of the Jews and 10,570...  

Credit to households in the United States also reached a new record in Q3 2023, at $17.29 trillion, on the back of a quarterly increase of $228 billion, after a $16 billion advance in the previous quarter, according to the latest report from at...

The coronavirus is no longer dominating daily news headlines, but that doesn't mean it's no longer causing problems.

Preserving the cultural heritage is a major goal of the Ministry of Culture.

West University Timişoara (UVT) is promoting cultural diplomacy as part of the Timişoara 2023 - European Capital of Culture program in November, offering four international concerts featuring Alexandru Tomescu and Sînziana Mircea to audiences in...

Pollution has reached alarming levels in certain cities.

• Tulia Căşvean, Transavia: "There is no sustainability without profitability, and vice versa" 

The monitoring of wolves over a three-year study in the Făgăraş Mountains has confirmed the first discovery of a wolf-dog hybrid species in Romania.

• Mugur Isărescu, BNR: "A pension system based on several pillars is better able to meet the needs of society" 

• 75% of companies will be negatively impacted by the tax measures • Lack of labor and lack of cash-flow - reasons for concern for entrepreneurs • 40% of entrepreneurs expect a 25% drop in the stock market in the next six months  

The State Domains Agency (ADS) is preparing 84,500 hectares (ha) of non-productive or poorly productive agricultural land of the state that will be concessioned to public energy companies for the construction of photovoltaic or wind farms,...